PRP therapy explained in plain words
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Read the articleGuide: orthopaedics explained in plain words
Here I write about the complaints and treatments that come up regularly in my practice in Vienna-Döbling. In the language I also use in conversation — without the medical Latin that helps nobody.
What this guide is for
Many patients come to the practice with a report that nobody has explained to them. That is exactly where these articles start: they describe what lies behind a term, how a set of symptoms can be recognised and which steps in treatment usually follow one another.
A diagnosis at a distance is expressly not possible. No text replaces the conversation, the clinical examination and the ultrasound in the practice. What you read here is meant to help you ask the right questions — they can only be answered once I have actually examined your shoulder, your elbow or your hand.
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Why the shoulder hurts at night
Night pain is a leading symptom at the shoulder. Which findings can lie behind it — from a rotator cuff tear through calcific tendinitis to frozen shoulder — and when an assessment is due.
Read the articleTennis elbow: what helps, in which order
With epicondylitis lateralis (tennis elbow) the order decides. What the treatment begins with, when shockwave therapy or an injection are added and when an operation comes up for discussion at all.
Read the articleHow the treatments mentioned work in detail is described on the pages about shockwave therapy and PRP therapy. An ordered overview of all conditions can be found under conditions A–Z.
Which route is the right one in an individual case is not decided while reading, but after the conversation, the examination and the findings — and then together with you.
Dr. med. Martin Eigenschink
Specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology · Specialist in elbow, shoulder and hand surgery
Surgical and conservative treatment of the elbow, shoulder and hand, preferably minimally invasive. Practice at the Orthozentrum Döbling, 1190 Vienna. More about my background
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